Max Mitchell
Max Mitchell is ALM's Regional Managing Editor for The Legal Intelligencer, New Jersey Law Journal, Delaware Business Court Insider and Delaware Law Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @MMitchellTLI. His email is [email protected].
August 25, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Jury Awards $2.8M for Improper TracheostomyA Delaware County jury has awarded a woman $2.78 million for having a tracheostomy placed too high, which allegedly caused her to no longer be able to breathe without the tubing.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
August 25, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Justices Set to Eye School Reform Commission AuthorityThe state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether the Philadelphia School Reform Commission has the authority to cancel expired collective bargaining agreements with the teachers' union as negotiations are ongoing.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
August 25, 2015 | Law.com
Court Revives Claims Against Firms Over 'Sham' MotionThe state Superior Court has revived an abuse of process suit against Fox Rothschild, Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham and two attorneys over claims that a coordination motion stemming from an underlying legal malpractice suit was a "sham" aimed at having the suit tried in a more favorable county.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
August 25, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Del. Water Authority Agrees to Pay for Alleged ViolationsThe Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) has agreed to pay state and federal environmental protection agencies $1.38 million as part of a consent decree to settle allegations that it improperly discharged pollutants into the Delaware River and its tributaries.
By Max Mitchell
3 minute read
August 25, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
New Defense Bar Presidents to Focus on CommunicationFor the two recently installed leaders of defense bar organizations—the Pennsylvania Defense Institute and the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel—getting the message out about their groups will be the focus for the coming year.
By Max Mitchell
4 minute read
August 24, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Justices Set to Eye School Reform Commission AuthorityThe state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether the Philadelphia School Reform Commission has the authority to cancel expired collective bargaining agreements with the teachers' union as negotiations are ongoing.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
August 24, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
New Defense Bar Presidents to Focus on CommunicationFor the two recently installed leaders of defense bar organizations—the Pennsylvania Defense Institute and the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel—getting the message out about their groups will be the focus for the coming year.
By Max Mitchell
4 minute read
August 24, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Del. Water Authority Agrees to Pay for Alleged ViolationsThe Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) has agreed to pay state and federal environmental protection agencies $1.38 million as part of a consent decree to settle allegations that it improperly discharged pollutants into the Delaware River and its tributaries.
By Max Mitchell
3 minute read
August 24, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Court Revives Claims Against Firms Over 'Sham' MotionThe state Superior Court has revived an abuse of process suit against Fox Rothschild, Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham and two attorneys over claims that a coordination motion stemming from an underlying legal malpractice suit was a "sham" aimed at having the suit tried in a more favorable county.
By Max Mitchell
5 minute read
August 24, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Crowded, Active State AG Race Taking ShapeWith more than a year to go before the next state attorney general election takes place, candidates have started throwing their hats in the ring, and, according to political observers, many more will likely be entering the race soon.
By Max Mitchell and Lizzy McLellan
5 minute read
